This will continue to be a problem with whatever host you use. Personally I think torrenting is the safer option, but even that won't last. Maybe we'll come back to the grand tradition of tape trading one of these days. The benefits outweigh its charm more than people might realize.

IMO a darknet is not a good idea for mass data storage and transfer, and if its accessible from the web at large it isn't really secure. Probably safe enough for metal, but not secure. I don't think Audiofile is a sustainable project in its current state at this rate; if it accomodates torrents somehow it would be, but that has its own share of issues.

I think I recommended a switch to a magnet link torrent last time this happened with megaupload. It is a shame I have been too busy to get one up. A few dedicated seeders of the whole library and we wouldn't have to ever worry about reuploading again.

You know, I think youtube has really waxed to the point where it has entire libraries of excellent metal uploaded in good song quality, not infrequently with lyrics supplied. Might we not simply make a database of youtube links or upload our own youtube albums? Or this could be a seperate project.

I dig the tape trading idea. I think a large sum of us are living in the america's which would not be much for postal fees on a tape. It would bring the community tighter together(pen pals), we wouldn't have to worry about losing our files through some hosting website. I believe this is a logical and progressive step towards what we on this forum strive for in the metal culture.

Free downloading wont last forever. In the meantime however i have noticed a few blogs using http://narod.yandex.ru/ which has been untouched so far.